Romney takes aim at Trump as front-runner releases health care plan

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn’t think too kindly of the man who endorsed him four years ago.

Romney will call Trump a “phony” and a “fraud,” NBC News and other media outlets reported, citing a draft version of the speech he’s due to deliver Thursday in Utah. Trump currently leads the presidential race on the Republican side. However, reports indicate Romney will not endorse either of Trump’s strongest foes, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz or Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Meanwhile, Trump has released his health care plan. While it’s similar to Republican rivals in calling for the repeal of Obamacare, the Hill reports, he does call for allowing drugs to be imported from overseas — a position former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate, also espouses.

Speaking of Clinton, the Justice Department has granted immunity to the staffer who set up her email while at the State Department, The Washington Post reports. The Clinton campaign says it is “pleased” that the staffer, Bryan Pagliano, is cooperating, the story says.

Up on Capitol Hill, four Democratic senators introduced legislation to ensure consumers can find genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, on labels. A Republican bill on the same topic would pre-empt state labeling laws in favor of a voluntary standard.

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley are rallying conservatives to fight President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Politico reports. They met with groups including the National Rifle Association and National Right to Life on Wednesday, the report says.

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